4 Wheaton College players to be arraigned in battery case

4 Wheaton College players to be arraigned in battery case

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) _ Four of the five Wheaton College football players charged with battery against one of their teammates are scheduled to be arraigned.

The four players are to appear before a DuPage County judge Monday morning. They are accused of duct-taping the teammate’s hands and feet and attempting to sodomize him with an object before dumping him half-naked in an off-campus park in March 2016. Each player was charged last month with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint. A fifth player will be arraigned Nov. 13.

A judge previously ruled that cameras won’t be allowed at the hearing.

The five players were suspended from the team after charges were filed. The most serious charge carries a maximum sentence of two to five years in prison.